Bathing-suit.



PATENTBD DEC. 25, 1906. W. T. ANDERSON.

BATHING SUIT.

APPLIOATION TILED JAN-10.1908.

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UNITED STATES ENT OFFICE.

WlLLlAM T. ANDERSON. OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BATHiNGwSUlT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 25, 1906.

- To all whom it may r'OH-(tII'IL:

Be it known that I, WIL JAn 'l. ANDER- soN, a citizen of the United States of Amen ice, residing at Brooklyn. in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful improvements in' Bathing- Suits, 0! which the following is a. specified tion.

This invention relates to bathing or swimming suits the object of the invention being to provide it simple, practicable, and coinlortztble birthing-suit especially adapted to the needs of swimmers and (livers, the two parts or sections of which the suit is coinpuscd being so constructed and provided with fastening: devices that any separation between the two parts of the bathing-suit will be prevented and the suit as a whole coinh rtnblv and securely held in place relatively to each other and upon the person of the wearer.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

in the accompanying drawings, Figure .l is a front elevation of i1 bathing-suit embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the shirt or jersey. Fig. 3 is a front view of the upper portion of the trunks or trousers. Fig. 4 is a. rear elevation of the seine. Fig. 5 is an enlarged view in elevation of the lower )(Hilfill of the front'of the shirt or jersey, showing the securing-strap and stays.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the shirt or ersey, as it IS commonly called, the some being 0 iening 2 and armholes 3, while 4 designates t 10 trunks or trousers provided with thv usual leg portions gs, which may be of any delcngth, the several openings in the shirt and trunks being faced or bound in any con venient manner.

In carrying out the present invention the side portions of the jersev 0r shirt are cut away or founded out, as s town at 6, to pass comfortably over the hips,- thus leaving a centre? depending and rounded front portion 7, which extends downward well over the abdomen. Connected centrally to the downprovided with the usual neck-- I l l i i l wnrdly-extending front portion 7 of the shirt is a strap or band 8, which is secured permanently at E) to the front portion of the shirt :i's shown in Fig. 5, and provided a its opposite end with n buttonhole it) or its equivalent, whereby the strap may be passed between the legs and se ured to n complementnl fastening device, such as a button 11, at the back of the shirt. or jersey and adjacent to the lower edge portion thereof, as shown in Fig. 2. This strap 8 may be of any desired width and further secured by means of nngulnrly-extcnding stars or additional straps 12, which extend ruin a common point 13 on the strap 10 upward divcrgently and are secured pernmnently'nt the points 14 to the front of the jersey or shirt at points c uidistant from the point of attachment 9 7o ol the main securing-strap 8. Between the points 9 audit) suilioient fullness is allowed in the strap 8, as shown in Fig. 5, to allow for the rotundity of the figure.

Extending around the. upper edge of the trunks or trousers 4 is u belt or waistband 15. This belt or band is secured at the points 16 permanently to the trunks, the points 16 beiug located about midway between the front center of the garment and the side .line di- 8o rectly m'er the hips, and from the points 16 around the back of the trunks or trousers the belt is sccfired thereto by parallel rows of stitches, as shown at 17. The front end portions 18. of the belt are left free and provided with com leinental fasteners 10 and 20, such as a buc ie and perforations, whereby the beit may be adjusted tightly around the wearer. T he shirt or jersey is further provided at opposite sides forms of fastening devices 21, while the side portions of the trousers just over the hips are provided with eoni'ilexnental fasteners to en gage the devices 2 for sup orting the trousers at the sides. The bac of the trunks is 5 prcferablycut somewh at higher t han t he front;

'to prevent the trousers {min sagging in the rear. r

Any suitable fastening devices of Wellknown or familiar form may be employed for 1 co securing the free ends of the. belt 15 and also for securing the stmp S and (or fastening the side portions of thetrousers to the shirt or jersey.

with buttons or other V 1 claimi The herein-described bathing-shirt having e'flownwardly-extending front flap, e-strep secured at one end to saidfia to pass-be- "tween the legs of the wearer, said strap being ggletachablyseeured to the back of the shirt, "'ebliqnestay-s connected to said flap at oppoesite sides of said strap, said stays being .Zh iought together and secured to said strap intermediate its ends, and a vtielly as detaehabl 

